Spanish-language radio ad urges voters to turn out to ‘defend our children’

AUSTIN – A progressive group is launching a Spanish-language radio ad keying off of the U.S. House vote to end President Obama’s policy deferring deportment of “Dreamers,” citing Republicans’ immigration stand as a crucial reason to go to the polls.

“That’s why we must vote in numbers, because we’re not like Republicans. We defend our children,” says the ad released by Progress Texas.

The U.S. House has approved a border security measure and a bill to repeal President Obama’s initiative deferring action against immigrants who were brought illegally to this country as children by their parents.

The Progress Texas ad will begin airing Friday in El Paso and will move to other cities as the group raises the money to do so, said Progress Texas’ Glenn Smith.